Mr. Kelly is a partner focusing on employment, commercial litigation and technology law. His employment experience includes serving as national employment counsel to a global manufacturing company.  In addition to litigation, he provides advice on federal and state pre-litigation matters in all aspects of employment law and has handled hearings before federal and state entities throughout the United States.  In commercial litigation, Mr. Kelly's experience includes class actions, non-competes, trade secrets, unfair trade practices, construction and real estate litigation, breach of contract, and indemnity obligations. He has served as Outside General Counsel to an international engineering company's Louisiana operation. Mr. Kelly's technology practice includes drafting and negotiating software and internet-centric agreements and litigation surrounding licenses and technology.

Mr. Kelly publishes articles and frequently speaks at seminars and conferences. He taught the Skills Curriculum Course on appellate practice at Loyola University School of Law and has served on the faculty for trial academies in Louisiana and Colorado.  He has served as legal consultant to print, radio and television media.

Mr. Kelly graduated from the St. Louis University School of Law in 1992, where he was appointed to the Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society, served as Chairman of the Moot Court Board and was a National Moot Court Competition participant. He is admitted to practice in all State and Federal courts of Colorado and Louisiana, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth, Fifth, and District of Columbia Circuits and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Kelly's community service has included the Colorado Lawyer's Committee, Tulane University's Provost Council, Assistant Louisiana Bar Examiner for the Constitutional Law Section, and Vice Chairman of the Board of the New Orleans Good Shepherd School. He served as chairman and founder of the Louisiana Technology Council's Entertainment Technology Group and as President and Chairman of the Junipero Serra Club of Downtown New Orleans. In 2006, he graduated from the Council for A Better Louisiana Leadership Forum.

Mr. Kelly has an AV(r) Peer Review Rating in LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, the listing's highest ranking. He is listed as a "Leader in Employment Law (Management)" by the 2007 edition of "Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers." The Chambers list is compiled through an exhaustive peer-review and client survey.

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